Covering genres from adventure and fantasy to horror, science fiction, and superheroes, this guide maps the vast terrain of graphic novels, describing and organizing titles to help librarians balance their graphic novel collections and direct patrons to read-alikes. New subgenres, new authors, new artists, and new titles appear daily in the comic book and manga world, joining thousands of existing titles—some of which are very popular and well-known to the enthusiastic readers of books in this genre. How do you determine which graphic novels to purchase, and which to recommend to teen and adult readers? This updated guide is intended to help you start, update, or maintain a graphic novel collection and advise readers about the genre. Containing mostly new information as compared to the previous edition, the book covers iconic super-hero comics and other classic and contemporary crime fighter-based comics; action and adventure comics, including prehistoric, heroic, explorer, and Far East adventure as well as Western adventure; science fiction titles that encompass space opera/fantasy, aliens, post-apocalyptic themes, and comics with storylines revolving around computers, robots, and artificial intelligence. There are also chapters dedicated to fantasy titles; horror titles, such as comics about vampires, werewolves, monsters, ghosts, and the occult; crime and mystery titles regarding detectives, police officers, junior sleuths, and true crime; comics on contemporary life, covering romance, coming-of-age stories, sports, and social and political issues; humorous titles; and various nonfiction graphic novels.

Tinker Bell and her friends, Fawn, Iridessa, Rosetta, Silvermist, and Vidia have fallen prey to Zarina's new spell—their unique talents have been switched around in order to distract them from the task at hand! Will the fairies learn their new abilities in time to prevent Zarina from blowing pixie dust on her team of pirates giving them the ability to fly and loot the seven seas? This new collection of Disney Fairies also contains more magical adventures of enchanting fairy fun!

Contains five adventures of Tinker Bell and her fairy friends, including the featured story in which Tinker Bell and Terence are dismayed to find, upon their arrival in Never Land, that Captain Hook is back and he is hoarding all the bananas, Tinker Bell and Terence must find a way to sneak onto Hook's ship and get some bananas to take back to Pixie Hollow.

In Never Land, the Fairy Bess needs to find magic powder, vital to sustain the Fairies of Pixie Hollow. The only place to find this special substance is in the mountain where the dragon Kyoto dwells. It’s up to Tinker Bell, Terrence and Prilla to save the day! Also featuring four more stories with Tinker Bell, Bess, Prilla, Vidia and the rest of the Fairies.

Disney Fairies goes back to the start, telling the story of Tinker Bell’s original arrival in Never Land! Tinker Bell has to find her talent and adjust to life in Pixie Hollow. Fans of the Disney Fairies series will delight in seeing Tinker Bell meet Vidia, Silvermist, and the other Fairies for the very first time!

We all know the story of Peter Pan, the Lost Boys, Tinker Bell and their incredible adventures on the mysterious isle of Neverland. But where did Tink come from? You don't know the whole story until you've explored the magical world of Pixie Hollow! Powered by faith, trust, and pixie dust, Tinker Bell and her friends each have unique talents, and whenever Pixie Hollow is in trouble, these fairy friends work together to set things right. Come along on the adventure of a lifetime in this thrilling graphic novel!